The world is baking under extreme heat - with Asia, Europe and the United States all dealing with scorching temperatures.
people may have died in Europe during heatwaves last summer, with a repetition feared this season.
"Heat waves are a silent and invisible killer. We don't often see the impact that they have had on human health until the mortality statistics are published many months later," said Professor Liz Stephens, a researcher in climate risk and resilience at Britain's University of Reading.Heat also can lead to low birthweight and premature birth for pregnant women and babies, a number ofThere are less obvious risks, too.
Location matters, too; people are at higher risk in places where they are not used to such heat, including parts of Europe. However, there are limits, and people all around the world are at risk in extremely hot weather caused by climate change, particularly people who must continue to work in physical jobs, for example.
"It is more important than ever that we put in place measures to limit the harm on our health," said Dr Modi Mwatsama, head of capacity at Wellcome, a London-based global health charity. She said this ranged from providing shade and painting buildings white to investing in early-warning systems for climate-sensitive infectious diseases, like cholera.
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